SONO vs. GOLF, PTON, YETI, ARLO, KN, GEAR, MODG, FNKO, ESCA, and AOUT
Should you be buying Sonos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonos include Acushnet (GOLF), Peloton Interactive (PTON), YETI (YETI), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Knowles (KN), Revelyst (GEAR), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Funko (FNKO), Escalade (ESCA), and American Outdoor Brands (AOUT). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Sonos vs. Its Competitors
Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
85.8% of Sonos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Acushnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sonos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of Acushnet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sonos presently has a consensus target price of $12.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.45%. Acushnet has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.85%. Given Sonos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sonos is more favorable than Acushnet.
Sonos has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Acushnet has a net margin of 7.78% compared to Sonos' net margin of -4.73%. Acushnet's return on equity of 21.45% beat Sonos' return on equity.
Sonos received 11 more outperform votes than Acushnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.36% of users gave Sonos an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.
Acushnet has higher revenue and earnings than Sonos. Sonos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sonos had 9 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sonos and 5 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Sonos' score of 0.55 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Acushnet beats Sonos on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SONO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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